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The possible scenarios are vast but the basic elements are the same. There is a discrepancy between the child’s ability to learn and what they actually can do. If you graphed the cognitive ability and performance of an average child you would see 2 lines that basically match. If you did the same for and learning disabled child, you would see the performance line drop drastically in one or more areas. Learning Disabled Child - Find their learning styleOne of the best things you can do is to help your child understand their learning difference. For these children, success is obtainable when they figure out how they learn best and use that method. Auditory Learning – for the learning disabled childSome children learn by hearing. If you make them read silently they will not grasp the concepts. They need to hear the words. Read to them, talk about it, have them read out loud to themselves. Visual LearningA learning disabled child will often need visual strategies. They depend on pictures, graphics and real life samples of what is being taught. Kinesthetic LearningThis refers to full body movement. In relation to learning it is learning by doing. Many of these children succeed in apprentice or Coop style programs because they are hands-on. If you are home schooling a learning disabled child, try to supplement any textbook learning with real life examples first. Multiple intelligencesA slight variation on the previous style of learning is the theory of Multiple Intelligences developed by Howard Gardner. For a full explanation see the article “Multiple Intelligences - Using Your Child’s Intelligence” Assistive TechnologyComputer technology has had a huge impact on the lives of learning disabled student. Various programs are available to assist individuals. Screen readers or OCR (Optical Character Recognition)These programs allow scanned or imported information such are textbooks, articles and stories to be reads aloud. Highlighting features allow the student to follow along. These programs often come with different features that are designed to meet the unique learning needs of each child. Premier Assistive and Kurzweil Educational Systems both offer products of this nature. Speech Recognition SoftwareDesigned to allow the learning disabled child, to simply speak into a microphone, while the word appears on the screen. Recent technological advances have made these programs much more user friendly. For a student with written output difficulty, these programs are invaluable. Dragon Naturally Speaking and Speak Q are popular speech recognition programs. Mind Mapping and Visual ImagingThere are many advantages to using a visual mind mapping program. For the learning disabled student, organizing information is very difficult. These programs allow them to easily organize and present information in a logical, neat, impressive way. For more information and a 30 day free trial go to www.Inspiration.com Books and Videos
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A learning disabled child, in the educational sense, is used to describe a learning disabled student who demonstrates a large difference between their cognitive ability and their performance. 
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